Warmongering: Bush Turns Up The Heat

The President continues his predictable election year march to war...

AP: Bush Sees Iran As Possibly Greatest Threat

President Bush said Thursday Iran may pose the greatest challenge to the United States and diplomacy to thwart the Islamic nation's nuclear program must prevail to avoid confrontation...

And we remember how serious the President was about diplomacy with Iraq. [*cough*]

And even after their IED claim has proved to be unverifiable, the accusations still fly-

...Rice called Iran the “central banker of terrorism,” though she didn’t elaborate on that, and said it was time for the country to “heed the international community’s call” to resume negotiations on its nuclear program...

Here's the kicker- they could be right this time, but they have given us no reason to trust them on anything. The boys who cried "WMD". Not that I even believe that they care about being right. They sure didn't last time; they had plenty of intel that contradicted their WMD claims and they proceeded anyway. This is election year tough guy warmongering. Iran was #2 on the neocon 'axis of evil' list and they want in. The President knows that without a national security boogeyman to rally us against, his presidency has no legitimacy. And so, with the failure of Iraq his most vulnerable issue and with Osama still on the loose, it's time to rattle the sabers once again. The question is- How many people will buy into this? Will the Democrats stand up to this again? I am far too pessimistic to guess 'yes' to either question.